Why Do the Jews Need a Land of Their Own? (English, Yiddish and Hebrew Edition)

Many readers already familiar withSholom Aleichem's work will be surprised by the contents of Why Do theJews Need a Land of Their Own? Thestories, one actres, novella, political essays, Zionist Congress records, andMenachem Mendel letters that appear inthis volume show Aleichem's real bondwith the Shivat Zion aspiration, hisunderstanding of the Zion motif, hislonging for the homeland of Israel, andhis intense interest in the problems associated with Zionism and Palestine.Written between 1888 and 1913, theseworks translated from Hebrew andYiddish comprise almost everythingthat he wrote on this subject.